contractibility

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noun

The quality or degree of being contractible.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

nouncontractibility (countable and uncountable, plural contractibilities)

plural contractibilities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality or degree of being contractible.

    contractibility and dilatability of air

    1712, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies
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APA

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Chicago

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